PAS-524: Emergency Medical Clinical Course

This is a required 6-week clinical practice experience for second-year PA students, which focuses on the role of the physician assistant student in emergency medicine under the supervision of a clinical site preceptor or their designee(s). During the didactic year, medical knowledge and clinical skills gained will be applied to develop clinical reasoning through evidence-based approaches to evaluate and manage various urgent, emergent, and life-threatening conditions encountered in emergency medicine. The students will learn to triage patients, interact with patients' families, and become more proficient at taking rapid, accurate histories, performing focused physical examinations, ordering appropriate diagnostic tests, and formulating a treatment plan. The student will have the opportunity to learn skills needed for the proper triage, stabilization, diagnosis, and management of patients with acute illnesses, acute complications of chronic diseases, and the management of less life-threatening conditions across the lifespan. Prerequisite: Successful completion of Didactic Year in PA Program. [ 6 credits ]